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Syria reports nationwide electricity outage
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The Syrian government reported a nationwide power outage on Thursday --
just the latest electricity problem in a country that has seen frequent
outages during a five-year war between the regime, rebels and terror
groups.
Syria reports nationwide electricity outage
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(CNN)The
Syrian government reported a nationwide power outage on Thursday --
just the latest electricity problem in a country that has seen frequent
outages during a five-year war between the regime, rebels and terror
groups.
Electrical workers
determined the cause and had begun restoring power to some places by
late afternoon, the country's ministry of electricity said without
detailing what had gone wrong.
It
wasn't clear how many people were affected by Thursday's outage, as many
cities outside of the government's control already weren't being served
by the government-run power grid. The ISIS terror group and other
militants groups control large parts of the country, and many cities in
these areas use fuel-powered generators for electricity.
In
a video posted online late Thursday afternoon, an official with Syria's
electricity ministry said efforts to relaunch power service could take
two to 12 hours.
Shortly before the
outage was reported, the ministry said on its Facebook page Thursday
that militants had hit part of a power-generating station with rockets
in the western Syrian city of Hama. The Syrian government hasn't said
whether this damage was linked to the nationwide outage; the ministry
said maintenance workers were fixing the damage.
Syria's
power infrastructure has been damaged during the war, accounting in
part for frequent outages even in areas that it still served.
Thursday's outage came in the middle of a two-week truce
between government forces and certain militant groups -- a pause in
fighting that is meant to allow humanitarian aid to reach people who
have been cut off by the war.
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